For a in the box safety? It is real bad. Collins is about as good as Swearinger. I think DJ probably has better cover skills and Collins is better in the box. You just can't pay a guy like Collins that kind of money, especially in a passing league.

Dumb. Just plain old dumb. Not worth the money at all. If we were going to pay that amount to a safety then I would have rather paid it to Mathieu. He is probably much more of a complete player and has better open field skills to cover TE's. Our front office seriously has the biggest hard on for Bama players that I have ever seen.

At this point, I wonder if it a strategy...Nick Saban is a defensive coach...he lets guys come in and manage the offense which tends to be a run first, run second, and play action big pass play.

A defense with so many Alabama players, is the end game Saban after Jay?

Other than Pete Carroll I can't recall any recent college coaches who have made a difference in the NFL. Bill O'Brien is the other one, but he still hasn't done anything newsworthy. I'm not concerned with Saban's talent evaluating skills, I worry about his coaching style when it's 53 paid professionals vs. young college kids trying to prove themselves. He said it best too, he already tried it once and embarrassed himself.